WEBVTT ALLOWED TO SET UP SHOP AND ARENOW OUT OF A DAY'S PAY.THAT'S BECAUSE HALF OF THEMARKET WAS CLOSED OFF TOMAKE ROOM FOR A BIG EVENT THISEVENING.AS WDSU REPORTER GINA SWANSONTELLS US ...OFFICIALS ATTHE MARKET SAY NO VENDORS WERETURNED AWAY. SHE HASTHE STORY ALL NEW AT 10.CAMILLE, VENDORS DEPEND ON BEINGABLE TO GET THEIR SPOTAT THE MARKET DAY IN AND DAYOUT. BUT TODAY SOMECOMPLAINED THAT SET UP FOR A BIGGALA LEFT THEM UNABLE TO WORK.BUT OFFICIALS TELL A DIFFERENTSTORY, EVEN THOUGH THEREWERE SOME CHANGES IT WAS STILLBUSINESS AS USUSAL.IN THE FRENCH MARKET SETTING UPSHOP AND BREAKING DOWNIS IN ALL IN A DAYS WORK FORHUNDREDS OF VENDORS. BUTSOME SAY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TODO THEIR JOBS WEDNESDAYBECAUSE HALF THE MARKET WASCLOSED OFF. CHARLESGARRISON WAS ONE OF THE LUCKYONES. HE GOT A PRIME SPOTTO SELL HIS GOODS. HE SAYS THATWAS NOT THE CASE FOREVERYONE. a lot of vendors werenot able to get any spaceselection many of them wereunable to get space to they hadto end up getting credit fortheir dayHALF OF THE SPACE AT THE MARKETIS BEING USED TO HOST APRICEY GALA...FOR THE KICK OFFTO THE CREOLE TOMATO FESTIVALTHIS WEEKEND. if you are avendor its very difficult tolose a day's workin many cases many of thevendors did lose a days work1:30 the office did let us knowthat you would beprovided with an opportunity toget credit for the day OFFICIALSWITH THE FRENCHMARKET SAY EVENTS LIKE THE GALAAND FESTIVAL BRINGMORE ATTENTION AND ULTIMATELYTOURISTS TO THE FRENCH MARKET...THEY SAY THE VENDORS WERE ALLNOTIFIED, AND THEY EVEN TRIEDTO PLAN THE EVEN WHEN THEREWOULD BE MINIMALDISRUPTION. we chose wednesdayas the day to do the gala for acouple of reasons it's theslowest vendor day of the wheel4:10 so we would have the leastimpactpossible on the vendors STILL,TO MAKE UP FOR THE SPACETHE WAS CLOSED OFF...VENDORSWERE ALLOWED TO SET UP IN OTHERAREAS. nobody was put out ofwork. nobody was kicked out ofthe market everybody who came tothe market today to vend wasgiven a chance to do businessSO WHILE THE SET UP AT THEMARKET WAS DIFFERENT TODAY.THE DIRECTOR SAYS THEY WERE ABLETO ACCOMMODATEANYONE WHO WANTED TO SET UPSHOP.THE HEAD OF THE FRENCH MARKETCOOPERATION SAYS THERE AREABOUT 275 REGISTERED VENDORS ATTHE MARKET. ANDTHEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO IMPROVERELATIONSBETWEEN VENDORS AND MANAGEMENT.